An intensive care nurse from the Royal Adelaide Hospital is South Australia's newest safety champion. Senior clinical nurse Fiona Noble has won the inaugural SafeWork SA HSR of the Year, an honour created to spotlight people who keep risk visible on the front line.
Award snapshot
Recipient: Fiona Noble, an intensive care unit representative at SA's b…
Short answer: The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is urging heavy vehicle operators to give precedence to their work and rest obligations during this National Work Safe Month, in light of 5,257 fatigue-related violations recorded nationwide in the previous financial year.
Key takeaways
Regulators recorded 5,257 fatigue offences across Austral…
A man in his 40s was hospitalised after getting caught in machinery during a workplace incident at Salisbury, in south-east Queensland, on Tuesday morning. He sustained severe arm and chest injuries and was taken to hospital in serious condition.
What we know about the Salisbury entanglement
Emergency services dispatched four crews to the site after…
Former miners urged to book free lung screening
Ex-miners across central Queensland can access complimentary lung screening through Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) to detect silicosis, COPD and black lung early — often well before symptoms appear.
Around 10% of ex-miners assessed regionally carry a diagnosed lung disease caused by mine…
Answer first: NT WorkSafe is encouraging businesses and employees to create safe and healthy work environments throughout the Territory in observance of National Safe Work Month, an annual campaign held across Australia every October.
Key points at a glance
When: Right through October 2025.
Theme: Safety: every job, every day.
Who should join: Every…
New Safe Work Australia article delves into how WHS outcomes differ across the nation
Quick answer: Severe injury claims and the burden of lost time sit highest in Australia's most remote regions, while mental ill-health surfaces more often across major cities. Physical harm, by contrast, dominates rural and regional injury patterns.
Safe Work Austra…
Vic physiotherapist charged with fraud allegations over $650,000 in billing
WorkSafe Victoria has charged a physiotherapist following an investigation into claims of fraudulent billing for services said to have been rendered to injured employees. Four counts were laid under section 82(1) of the Crimes Act, covering the offence of obtaining a financial…
Comcare urges all workplaces to participate in National Safe Work Month, calling on employers and crews to use free resources, join virtual events and treat safety as a daily practice throughout October and well beyond it.
What Comcare is asking of Australian workplaces
Direct answer: Comcare wants every workplace across Australia to take part in Nat…
A boy was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an ATV crash on a rural property in south-west Queensland on Sunday afternoon. Rescue aviators landed beside the scene, stabilised the child and flew him to Queensland Children's Hospital.
Quick facts
What: ATV incident on private land
Where: Western Downs region, south-west Queensland
Whe…
WorkSafe Victoria Welcomes New CEO
Cathy Henderson has been appointed as the new CEO of WorkSafe Victoria, taking on the top job at one of Australia's largest work health and safety regulators.
Her arrival, confirmed in this safety news update, follows a period of scheme modernisation and sharpened focus on reducing harm for injured workers.
Appoint…
Safe Work Australia enhances the ‘Beta Occupational Hazards Dataset’ on its data website
Safe Work Australia has unveiled a new hub and dashboards for the Beta Occupational Hazards Dataset (BOHD) on their data website – 'Our Data. Your Stories'.
In short: this refreshed hub gives safety practitioners a plain-language route into expe…
SafeWork SA has launched a year-long farm safety campaign to cut work-related deaths and serious injuries across South Australia's agriculture industry. From 1 October 2025, inspectors spend 12 months enforcing Work Health and Safety laws on rural properties, supported by education, advice and practical guidance.
Campaign snapshot
Regulator: SafeWork…
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